## Asymptotic distribution-free change-point detection for multivariate and non-Euclidean data.(English)Zbl 1417.62114

Authors’ abstract: We consider the testing and estimation of change-points, locations where the distribution abruptly changes, in a sequence of multivariate or non-Euclidean observations. We study a nonparametric framework that utilizes similarity information among observations, which can be applied to various data types as long as an informative similarity measure on the sample space can be defined. The existing approach along this line has low power and/or biased estimates for change-points under some common scenarios. We address these problems by considering new tests based on similarity information. Simulation studies show that the new approaches exhibit substantial improvements in detecting and estimating change-points. In addition, under some mild conditions, the new test statistics are asymptotically distribution-free under the null hypothesis of no change. Analytic $$p$$-value approximations to the significance of the new test statistics for the single change-point alternative and changed interval alternative are derived, making the new approaches easy off-the-shelf tools for large datasets. The new approaches are illustrated in an analysis of New York taxi data.

### MSC:

 62G10 Nonparametric hypothesis testing 62H15 Hypothesis testing in multivariate analysis 62E20 Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics

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